Notes:

Hooboy... I guess I'll find out soon whether or not I pissed away my good will and reputation with this. This is another Stevidot Month prompt for Birthdays; in this case it's Peridot's (though Steven's is frequently referenced here). I did actually give her a birthday in GA canon. And yes, this is in the GA continuity. Given the subject matter we're delving into, though, I'm willing to make this more of an open-to-interpretation AU of my AU if that helps anyone stomach this better or not look badly on GA in hindsight. I sure didn't think I'd still be writing for this when I finished! It helps that this is the one that furthers the plot the least by far out of all the post-GA content I have set up. So it can be skippable.

Just to be clear, nothing goes beyond third base (and even that doesn't happen in this chapter... I wasn't even planning on this having more than 1 part) as avoiding the home run is something of a plot point. And let's be honest: how many of your peers in their mid-teens went this far, if not further? If anything, this is true to life.

I do go out of my way to also illustrate that both Steven and Peridot are morons for sinking to this level, and that this is not by any means a permanent solution to their problem.

Also important to note: I have two other post-GA stories all ready to post that take place well before this time; I'm just waiting for their appropriate weeks before I post those prompts. So everything is going to be crazily out of chronological order. I'm fairly sure this is going to be my only piece of smut, however. I project almost everything else I write for Stevidot Month will be GA-related in some way, so bear that in mind if you haven't read/finished GA itself yet.

I'm not gonna even ask for your enjoyment; merely that you don't seek my execution. There's still a lot of content to get through...

While Peridot spent her time in middle of a late summer's night tinkering with various projects and coding some kind of program she claimed was a "secret" project of hers, a light flashed in the corner of her eye.

The young gem glanced over to see her tablet had a notification pop-up. Midnight had passed, making the current date the 27th of August.

In other words, Peridot's birthday.

It took several months of unit conversion and experimenting with mathematical formulas to accurately calculate every variable, but during her period of depression following Lapis rendering her homeless, Peridot finally had time to figure out how to connect Earth time to Homeworld time. And by virtue of being a certified Kindergartener, Peridot of course had the knowledge of every detail that was reported when she emerged from her rock.

She not only knew the equivalent day on Earth when she first came into existence, but also the exact time of emergence.

That detail annoyed Peridot somewhat; as literal-minded as she tended to be, she still didn't consider it her birthday yet despite the calendar date switching over.

Peridot wouldn't officially consider herself 14 years old for another three hours, but she knew that wouldn't stop her friends, family and especially her boyfriend dropping by to tell her "happy birthday" before it was past 2:55 AM. She recalled how quickly her fellow Crystal Gems raced to be the first to give their birthday wishes to Steven a mere twelve days ago.

Sure enough, the sliding front door opened up and her freshly-awoken boyfriend rushed in.

"Happy birthday, Peridot!" he excitedly called out in haste. "Oh man, tell me someone didn't beat me to this…"

Peridot smirked at that line; it seemed so silly and pointless to her that Steven and his friends made a race out of this, but it was oddly endearing.

"Unless you'd like to count my tablet, you're the very first to give me a premature birthday acknowledgement," she smugly stated. "I'm still 13 years of age for the next two hours and fifty-five minutes. I'd invite you to try again later, but given the plans we have set for later today, I insist you get as much sleep as you can."

"Sorry; I can't help it," Steven bashfully admitted. "And it's no big deal that I'm a little early! Better early than late, right?"

Peridot rolled her eyes, but maintained her smirk. "Naturally. Is there any other reason you felt the need to intrude into my domain without so much as a knock on the door?"

It was still surreal to Peridot that she finally had a room in the temple she could finally call her own, and for once it wasn't the bathroom. Those days were now behind her; thanks to her friends, especially Bismuth and Pearl, Peridot at last had all of the perks and benefits of a true Crystal Gem. This was, without a doubt, her home now. In a way, the technician felt that the beach house never truly stopped being her home.

While she was immensely attached to the barn as it was where much of Peridot's most prominent moments of growth, change, and adaptation took place, she had to admit her heart was a little torn back then. Lapis' presence helped Peridot lean more towards the barn being her home, of course…

But now, the barn itself was nothing more than leftover scrap. Parts of it were even salvaged to construct rooms for the Crystal Gems.

It was a nice touch; now Peridot had the benefit of technically living in both places she called home on Earth.

"Uh… I guess not." Steven blushed as he realized he forgot Peridot was very strict about that "knock first" policy. "Sorry; I thought maybe you'd make an exception on your birthday."

She had every reason to make a rule like this; Peridot enforced it after a particularly embarrassing incident that she was very thankful only Steven witnessed. After that point, the young gem learned the hard way that she couldn't exactly conduct "exploratory examinations" on herself whenever she wanted.

The minute Peridot recalled that, her train of thought got derailed very quickly.

"W-well, as I said, you're just under three hours too early," Peridot reiterated. "I'll let the others know you beat them to this when they come by later. For now, you should resume your slumber."

She tried so hard to maintain composure, as if she was desperate to not let Steven know the moment she took a good, long look at him triggered a certain "neediness" of hers.

Of course, Steven saw right through her act every time and smirked knowingly. He also had the foolproof cheat code bank - also known as his aural empath abilities evolved to read direct feelings of others through their words and gestures. Peridot was never good at covering herself up to begin with, however, and it was honestly so easy for the hybrid at this point that he hardly even needed to use the power.

"You really look like you could use some company," Steven smugly offered. "It's okay if I sleep in your bed, right?"

Peridot gulped, wincing as she did so. "I wouldn't mind, of course… I seldom use it for its intended purpose, anyway. But that would leave an impression…"

Steven grumbled; it felt like they went over this subject every other night. "Not just on our friends, but every gem who's looking up to us. I know. But if you're not sleeping in it, there's no problem, right?"

"Hm…" The gem thought it over. "True enough. I'm quite busy and don't anticipate having a need for it anytime soon…"

Peridot looked suggestively towards Steven, who had already started to settle himself on Peridot's bed. "After all, there's another bed I'll be using later and will surely be pinned to by this time 24 hours from now."

That was a quick way to bring out a hot blush all over Steven's face. He squirmed against the sheets and clung to a pillow… it wasn't just his face that felt those particular words.

"Peri, c'mon, don't start that already," Steven whined as he tried to concentrate and calm himself down. "You don't wanna make me suffer all day, do you?"

"You keep forgetting how lucky you are to have a girlfriend who can make wonderful things happen by the power of desire and will," Peridot reminded him; she always sounded much more eager and energetic whenever she talked herself up. "Such as locking down this door through hundreds of layers of security, or soundproofing my entire room. I can do that, and you won't have to wait almost a full day to liberate those primal urges of yours."

Steven was both relieved and immensely concerned when he heard this. "I thought we were saving my real present to you after the party, Peri."

"Oh, we are," Peridot confidently assured him. "But I'd rather you not suffer through my first birthday party now that you're very pent up. I did not expect my statement to rouse your hormonal needs this much, to be honest."

"H-heh, don't blame yourself; it happens," Steven laughed out as he tried to wave it off. He wanted to believe this was easily something he could sleep off, but memories of his birthday party almost two weeks ago came to the forefront of his mind the second Peridot gave him the mental image of her submissive, prone body pinned under his on the bed of their secret home-away-from-home.

"All the more reason for you get that taken care of as soon as possible," Peridot casually pointed out. "I've spent all of my free time studying human anatomy when I wasn't with you since your birthday, you know."

She did have tabs of this material often up and available on her tablet, though it was almost always buried under her real work.

"Really?" Steven was aware of Peridot doing her own independent "research", but he didn't once think she would be this devoted to the topic. "I mean, I'm sure you've done a lot of that to… y'know. Get stuff right. You're sure you're not overdoing it?"

Peridot scoffed at the notion. "Steven, honestly, I've been studying your human rituals well before this. Remember when I showed you what all I did with my idealized imaginary Steven during our vacation? Do you believe I inherently knew every single position and technique you saw in that before coming to Earth?"

Steven blushed again as he thought back on that. If he hadn't engaged in a strong aural link with Peridot back then, he would have lost his resolve to respect Garnet's wishes a long time ago.

"H-heh… true… I guess this is what Celadon Diamond meant about you being thirsty," Steven mused out loud to himself.

"I'm not in need of any liquid sustenance, so I have no idea what you're talking about," Peridot told him in a dismissive tone. It wasn't surprising that she took the term literally. "If it makes you feel any better, Steven, I'm fairly certain I won't be able to continue working while you take care of yourself back there."

Steven was saddened, but had an idea. "If you can will your room to be soundproofed, can't you do the same to me?"

A wicked grin formed on Peridot's lips. She didn't turn her head to face Steven, but he could already picture the catlike smile on the technician's face.

"Perhaps I want to hear you," she suggested in a very low and soft tone. "Our mutual suffering is likely key to how we'll get the anticipation out of our systems so we'll both function like proper sentient beings later at the party. Don't forget it won't just be the family this time; 5XF will be there as well."

"Aha… r-right," Steven agreed."It's 5XF's birthday too, isn't it? I heard it was just a few seconds between you two?"

"Six seconds before me," Peridot dully noted. "Honestly, I'm not thrilled about her attendance… a lot of the refugees expressed an interest of attending this party after they spied on yours as well. That's so many guests to acknowledge. As much as the idea of a large crowd coming to celebrate me is nigh on irresistible, I truly wanted my first experience to be just like yours. Just family and my closest friends."

Steven smiled warmly to his girlfriend. "You're not gonna be expected to be responsible for them today, okay? The whole point of us celebrating your birthday is that this is about you, so you can do whatever you want and not do whatever you don't wanna do."

That statement made Peridot smirk as she left her seat and approached the bed, sitting near Steven at the edge of the bed.

"Neat," she remarked. "I've been waiting very patiently to let you see me the way I've already seen you…"

Her hand traveled over to rest on Steven's thigh. "And I've been even more patient to receive the loving affection directly to my corporeal form akin to what I offered yours twelve days ago."

Peridot's touch only made the bulge trapped in Steven's pajama pants more apparent. Steven let out a light hiss of ecstatic bliss before looking into the gem's shaded eyes.

"L-like I said, Dot, today's about you; not me,: he nervously reminded her. "You don't need to feel like you have to help me out…"

"First of all, Steven, I want to help you out," Peridot told him with an honest smile. "Secondly, need I remind you that had you not been part of my life, we would never be celebrating his day in the first place? Whether or not you'll admit to it, it doesn't change the fact that you are practically everything about my life."

She leaned over further to properly kiss the hybrid while her hand slid down to wrap around the cloth containing the bulge.

"Besides, this won't be an encore performance from your birthday," Peridot assured him. "Just a quick fix for those dirty thoughts I accidentally planted in your imagination. I'm sure your idealized imaginary me is somehow even more devious than the genuine article. You think our imaginary significant others would be a good couple together, Steven?"

Steven snorted out a laugh at that; it helped at least a little bit to keep his mind off his now-teased arousal. "Okay, yeah… Imaginary Peri is… really really perverted. She just throws herself on me without any shame or restraint, kinda like Chartreuse Diamond."

That, in turn, got a laugh out of Peridot. "Oh stars, I really should have never kissed you as her that one time," she recalled with amusement. "I can see why you'd associate her with my absolute worst traits. I assure you, if Chartreuse had a say in this, we would have completely broken our promise well before now."

A short moment of silence later, Peridot was compelled to quietly ask an important question.

"Steven, have we already broken our vow to Garnet?" Her tone made it apparent she was very uncertain of herself. "I keep telling myself we haven't, but… even though we haven't violated the terms to our agreement, some part of me still feels guilty about what we've done already…"

"Well, you have been using your power to manipulate Garnet's future vision," Steven pointed out. "If she's gonna get mad at us, it'll be over that more than anything else. But I feel like she probably knows more than she's letting on, anyway. If she really had a problem, she would've already confronted us."

That partially satisfied Peridot, at least… but she still had concerns. "Let me take full responsibility for messing with her head, Steven," she urged. "You had nothing to do with it and I know you don't condone it. Believe me; I'm not doing it for fun…"

"I haven't had a direct hand in it, but Garnet's gonna know I could have tried harder to talk you out of doing this," Steven countered. "And I'm keeping this a secret for you, so that makes me an accomplice no matter how you slice it. The fact that you're going this far to cover our tracks just makes us look more guilty, you know. But I called this "loophole territory" for a reason. The stuff we've done already… some people would agree that we haven't broken the one rule that counts the most. Others are gonna see it differently."

Peridot grumbled as she resisted her urge to tighten her grip on her partner's bulge. "I absolutely could not care less for some uppity nitpicker's subjective point of view! I want facts, Steven. By definition, have we sustained our virginity at this point, or did I blow that for both of us the other week ago?"

Steven wanted to laugh at Peridot's choice of words towards the end there, but he knew this was not a good time to poke fun at her. "U-umm, you can pull up the dictionary site on your tablet, y'know? If you wanna be absolutely sure… but I feel like if you're going by that alone, then we've upheld our end of the bargain."

"... Very well, then. Let's see what the overlords of your Earth language have to say on the matter."

Peridot willed the tablet from her desk to her lap and used her free hand to browse for the information she sought. "Ah, here we go First definition: a person who has never had sexual intercourse. Intercourse meaning… hm. Coitus is listed under that. So the definition for that…"

Steven couldn't help but look mildly embarrassed hearing this kind of thing out loud. And all the while, Peridot hadn't stopped stimulating him, either. "Wow, that's a lot of research just to define one word…"

"Well, it looks like coitus finally gives us a concrete answer," Peridot cheerfully noted. "Definitely not the kind of intercourse we'll be doing anytime soon. So, it seems we are still virgins, nyeheheh…"

"As much as we've dreamed about doing it that way, it sure doesn't feel like we are," Steven said with a sigh. "But I guess what matters is that we haven't broken the contract yet. I bet that's why Garnet hasn't even approached us…"

"I have come to to the realization that once we do what we plan to do tonight, that'll be the last new experience we'll be able to have for another…" Peridot wavered a bit before pulling herself back together. "Stars, three years, minimum."

Steven blinked at that statement in confusion. "But it's less than two now for m - " He then realized what she meant. "Oh… shoot, that's right. Dunno how I forgot you're a year younger than me, but that really does suck…"

"Way more for you than it will for me!" Peridot wailed. "That means you'll needlessly have to wait an extra year just so I can catch up… and that's so unfair to you!"

"I feel like Garnet's the type who'd let you off the hook once I turn 17, at least," Steven offered as a consolation. "It's not like full gems mature like humans do, anyway. Although, as much as you act human most of the time… hm, maybe with good behavior, she'll make an exception."

Peridot wished so much she could wish time to accelerate to this moment a couple of years from now, but even her willpower had limits… and the young gem also knew better not to mess around with the laws of physics any more than she absolutely had to. She was still expected to be responsible with her power.

"In that case, she's definitely not gonna grant that once she finds out my behavior hasn't exactly been stellar these past few months," she grumbled. The more tense and nervous she fell, the more urgent her need for release became. "Oh my stars, we need to shut up. Thinking about this is making me feel cracked!"

Steven could tell his girlfriend was nearly as pent-up as he was; he too felt an aching burn in his groin that definitely wouldn't be quelled in any way other than direct stimulation.

"M-maybe we'd better stop talking?" he suggested, feeling a bit of déjà vu saying that. Steven quickly figured out why; it was the last thing he told Peridot way back during their second Homeworld mission with the two reconciling inside a pocket dimension.

It was their first truly unambiguous romantic indulgence. Even back then, both had fantasized going all the way… the reality of their situation quickly put a stop to such thoughts, but it was only the beginning of a lengthy period of repression that had gone on ever since.

As Peridot leaned back in to kiss Steven again while her busy hand started to dig underneath his loose-fitting night clothes, Steven thought to bring something up before fully giving in.

"U-uh, you did soundproof the room and lock the door down like you said you would, right?" he asked, not doing a very good job hiding the aroused anticipation in his tone. "I-I'm not seein' anything on the door…"

Peridot stopped immediately and smacked her own forehead in exasperation. "For stars' sake…! I should not be getting careless on a day like this… nnngh, just a second."

With a look of pure annoyance, Peridot pointed over to the only door to her room; in an instant, the door was padded down by several different sorts of locks and security measures. A bit unnecessary, but the technician knew it never hurt to be over-prepared. She gestured towards the ceiling and snapped her fingers; a sound barrier encompassed the entire room, effectively making it as secure and private as the pocket dimensions she made as Chartreuse Diamond all those months ago.

"Done; we might as well be the only two beings in all existence right now," Peridot deviously pointed out. "If it's true that my birthday is all about celebrating the great and lovable me and letting me get what I want, then I'll gladly take full advantage of that right."

Clearly, what she wanted right now was the removal of Steven's pajama pants. Steven was more than happy to comply, and in a swift joint effort, the young man was liberated from his confines in more ways than one.

Peridot's eyes locked in on the thick, bulging erection immediately as it sprung out. She didn't need to ask if that was a weapon; the technician became very well acquainted with it on the night of Steven's birthday. Her right hand dove down to grasp and stroke it carefully while being rewarded with the hot huffing and panting from her boyfriend.

"That's right; concentrate on that vision I accidentally put in your mind," she gently coaxed. "The visual of me submissive and underneath you, body damp with perspiration and fully exposed to you, and only you…"

Steven's eyes were squinted shut at this point, but the wide smile on his face indicated he was very much indulging in that visual now. "Peri," he mock-whined. "That just makes me wanna t-take you even m-more!"

The bucking of his hips into the dexterous green hand was evident enough that even though Steven was playing along to the fantasy, there was more truth to his words than he was willing to admit.

"Stars, why do you feel bigger than before?" Peridot dreamily wondered out loud before she moved to kiss Steven alongside his neck.

She wasn't entirely kidding about that; Steven's cock did feel bulkier than she remembered it being last time. Knowing she would soon find out for herself later today, that only filled Peridot with a burning desire aching from her crotch to her belly.

"Y-you just make me wanna give you more, I guess," Steven thoughtlessly speculated; his mind was very much preoccupied with how markedly improved his girlfriend's skill in handjobs were compared to the last time she touched him like this.

He sharply sucked in a breath as he felt himself throb wildly against Peridot's diligent fingers.

"P-Peridot-!" Steven cried out in warning; he didn't want to give in so fast, but being half-asleep this entire time and only being awake to wish Peridot a happy birthday before anyone else really depleted his stamina and resistance. He was a slave to his instincts when his senses were this dulled down; exactly why Peridot was resolved to make sure neither of them had to hold back on their desires during the party.

"It's okay!" Peridot assured him. "The quicker you ejaculate, the sooner you can go to sleep and get a proper night's rest! A-and… you'll have much more time to reload your finite reproductive fluids by the time I can receive your birthday present! So come on, Steven!"

This would probably make Steven laugh if he was thinking straight, but in this moment, his thinking was more akin to a toddler's scribbling. His dick was being stroked harder and faster with each word the came out of his girlfriend's mouth. She had already drawn bubbles of precum out of him; now Steven was about to erupt and wouldn't be able to stop it even if he wanted to.

After a shaky cry, Steven's entire body stiffened; Peridot smirked and thoughtfully observed the streaks of cum firing from the tip of her partner's phallus. This was her first time giving Steven a full-blown handjob with no wardrobe between them.

"Hm… a decreased volume in your ejaculatory output," Peridot noted with great interest. "Compared to last time, anyway. Given your exhausted physical state, that seems reasonable." She gave an exhausted Steven a kiss at the corner of his mouth. "Or you're holding back for later; how noble of you, in that case."

Her demeanor softened when the gem felt her hybrid boyfriend slump against her body; the curly mop of dark brown hair tickling Peridot's chin as his head rested over her bosom. It was far from the first time this happened.

"Once again, you find it most comfortable there, of all places," Peridot remarked with a sigh. It was at this point she realized Steven was truly spent and had drifted off to sleep. "And yet, I can't stay mad at you. Even if you're going to make it harder for me to finish dealing with my own needs…"

At least having Steven right underneath her would help Peridot keep her focused. Just like he did before their lives became even more complicated than they were already…

"My sweet little center of gravity," Peridot sighed out as her free hand moved to her crotch; fingers pushing against the plump, tender folds contained in her leotard. "You must be as aware as I am that we're both a pair of stupid idiots for doing any of this at all…"

Her other hand - the one that had serviced her boyfriend - wiped off the jizz that spilled over her when she steadily held Steven's cock to milk out his orgasm. It then moved to perform a more innocuous action; her fingers rested between Steven's curly locks as she combed through them. A moment later, Peridot's digits lower down slipped underneath the fabric to caress her labia directly.

"E-everything I've read strongly discourages moving along this f-fast," Peridot told the sleeping Steven as she bit her lip and moved her fingers faster and deeper within her already-slick sex. She knew there was no way Steven could even hear her at this point, but she was compelled to keep speaking as she felt the heat in her core flare up. "Es… s-specially for a couple our age, y-y'know? They, ah… they called what we did on your birthday, what we're doing now, a-and what we'll do later tonight… mmh-"th-third base". All, unh… all articles w-would even disagree with us reaching the second base! W-we've become quite the delinquents, haven't we, St-Steven?!"

Unsurprisingly, the thrill of breaking any kind of societal rule was something of a turn-on for Peridot. Even in her cleanest, most innocent fantasies, she often dreamed of breaking curfew with Steven and going to places they shouldn't be at certain times of the day just to prove they could do it.

For a gem who lived most of her life under totalitarian rule, Peridot's liberation freed her true identity from the shackles of Yellow Diamond - and now she could never get enough of that thrill to go against any rule she didn't agree with.

"B-but I know I need this!" Peridot cried out. "I need you,and you obviously need me, too! This summer has been nothing short of a nightmare up till now! Construction plans, finding cures, deciding how to house all these refugees, remotely observing the colonies to determine when I'll have to contact them as Chartreuse Diamond, constant classes; every single day I'm apologizing for the trouble my past life caused, always making at least one mistake per day, facing adversity and doubt and so many uncooperative gems EVERY. SINGLE. DAY."

The frustration of listing the details of how life had been for the past three months only encouraged Peridot to dig her fingers harder and faster between her folds. A couple of digits slid across the lining of her vaginal walls, which forced the gem to bite back a shriek as she doubled the force of her hand thrusting inside her increasingly saturated cunt. The audible squishing and squelching noises from her fierce fingering only aided in allowing Peridot to lose herself in her passion. She barely had the foresight to hold back on being too loud; not out of fear of getting outside attention as everything remained soundproofed, but out of a desire to make sure Steven got all the sleep he needed.

Peridot hated to admit it, but she could be an extremely loud and shrill individual to the greatest extremes. She put gems like Pearl to shame in that feat. She just had to keep in mind she could be as loud as she wanted later… and she was doing this here and now so it wouldn't torment the poor gem while she tried her hardest to be civil and proper with everyone attending her party.

"I swear, there are so many days I wish one of them would just poof me!" Peridot moaned out, more out of sorrow than arousal. "Just so I'd get a break from those ungrateful clods! I could p-pull what I did on White Di-Diamond and just stay in my gemstone! Screw them!"

Her anger faded to resignation as she pumped her fingers inside her body faster. "I-I wanna do that so bad and I can't… I'm… I'm not just Peridot anymore. Mmm… h-how was I to know taking up a leadersh-ship role would lead to this?! Gems several levels above me in the old caste system actually l-looking to me for answers… h-hah! Being a stupid sc-science experiment, being born part-Diamond! Who… who would've figured, right?!"

Peridot forced herself to laugh at how ridiculous her life had become, with all these statistical and logistic impossibilities becoming objective facts of her life then, now, and forever.

"Stupid Steven and him wanting to save everyone-mmmph!" Mentioning Steven again seemed to aid Peridot in finding her sweet spot.

Absolutely desperate for release now that poor Peridot inadvertently reminded herself of how she was pushed into behaving this way in the first place, her other hand left Steven's hair to join the action underneath her clothes; this time targeting her clit with merciless circular rubbing and tweaking. Her entire body twitched as if it had been shocked or destabilized, but Steven remained asleep face-first against her breasts. Even the cry Peridot failed to swallow down didn't jostle the boy.

There was something about the struggle in keeping Steven asleep that made Peridot feel a tingling sensation of need within her innermost core.

"Stars, Steven! H-how are you able to be so pl-pleasant to those stupid idiot gems who hate us?!" Peridot cried out. "I can pull it off, but you know I'm faking it! Y-you're always so genuine! I-if your body had n-not matured to match y-your chronological age, I w-would entirely blame myself for dragging you down into this l-like the bad influence I am!"

The technician grunted and panted as her ministrations didn't stop even for a second. She had already been over this subject with Steven personally at least a few times over the past few months. He assured her the feelings he had were definitely his own; that even if Peridot hadn't inadvertently caused him to mature like this, it was an inevitability. Steven wasn't going to remain his tiny self forever. The treacherous two-part Homeworld mission forced everyone to grow up to varying degrees.

"My productivity rate has c-completely crumbled to nothing b-because of you, Steven!" she growled at her boyfriend. "I can't go a s-single day anymore without feeling lustful for these actions we've been engaging in! I know exactly where I want your injector phallus to be! R-right where my pathetic little touch stumps are! It already feels like it's been forever ago since we officially started our r-romantic relationship; but it's not even been half a cycle o-of your planet's s-solar orbit since then! I-I'm gonna have to just settle for this for three more cycles?! While these st-stupid refugees keep harassing us?!"

Peridot knew deep down she was just making excuses for herself. This was why even now, she didn't believe she was the strong gem she was perceived to be today. She knew a strong gem would have found a way to continue resisting temptation even with all the odds against her. And she had been dreaming of doing this with Steven so much longer than she cared to admit.

Unfortunately, verbally acknowledging her own shortcomings was having the opposite effect everything else Peridot had ranted about; she felt her climax on the horizon, but now it was quickly drifting out of sight. The little gem shuddered as a couple of tears escaped her eyes; she quickly refocused her efforts on stimulating herself again; her pleasured panting shifted into pressured panting.

"N-no, no- no! Not when I was s-so close!" she cried out in desperation. "C-c'mon! Don't do this to me! You stupid, defective, poorly-manufactured body of-"

"Don't say that… I like your body."

All movements from Peridot froze immediately. She looked down to see Steven, head still rested against her cleavage, looking up as their eyes met.

Peridot felt a cold sweat run down her body. "I'm going to regret asking this, b-but… how long have y-you been listening?"

She tried her best to keep herself calm; though she was not nearly as aroused as she was a minute ago, the stinging stir in her groin still persisted.

Steven was almost certain Peridot didn't need to know when he started listening right this moment - not if she still wanted a chance of getting her release. So, he decided to change the subject.

"You're silly sometimes, Peridot."

"What?" Peridot was taken aback by this; it made her feel so juvenile. More so than she already was. "Excuse you?!"

Steven softly chuckled back at her. "You stopped working to help relieve my stress, but you don't think you deserve your boyfriend helping you get off, too?"

Peridot twitched; it was pretty much impossible to come off as her usual cool and confident self when she was caught desperately trying to pleasure herself while damning herself simultaneously.

"Steven, it's… you need your sleep. I don't! It's as simple as that! Now resume your slumber before I evict you from my room!"

That was pretty much the answer Steven expected to hear. He was already attached to Peridot, so it wasn't any trouble at all for him to reach down and rest a hand over her very wet and sticky counterpart. His free arm looped around and groped her left breast while his head rose up to rest over her shoulder.

"This'll just take a minute," he gently assured Peridot. "Remember how much you liked it when I accidentally touched you here? You liked it so much that you let me keep my hand there…"

"I allowed it because you went out of your way to explain the concept of loss to me," she sternly reminded the boy. "You consoled me when I lost Pumpkin; that's why I permitted you to continue groping me, you clod."

"You're sure you don't like it?" Steven teased as he firmly squeezed her breast, which elicited a very surprised and deep moan from the gem. He targeted this particular breast a lot during their intimate fully-clothed moments and was quick to notice it never, ever failed to get a notable reaction from his girlfriend.

"Sh-shut up," Peridot grumbled; she knew this was a battle she couldn't win. And she was too wound up wanting her body to peak like Steven's had to really care about minor details like this, anyway. "J-just… you know what to do with it! Grrrhhh!"

She looked down to where Steven's hand laid over her nether region. "Your meaty digits don't go inside until tonight, remember? Just apply pressure close to where my fingers are, and-"

Steven wasted no time kneading the soft, puffy folds of her outfit-covered sex. By this point, however, his girlfriend had completely soaked through her clothes, so he was getting a nice preview of what he would soon do to her directly. His middle finger made sure to jab down over where the gem's clit was still being stimulated.

Combined with his continuous squeezing and massaging of her left breast, Peridot was very quickly compelled to pick up where she left off.

"Stars, Steven," she said near-breathlessly. It wasn't long before her pleasure built back up to where it was before Peridot inadvertently ruined it for herself. "H-have I even told you I love you today, yet? B-because oh… o-oh myyyy-"

"I got a feeling you'll be saying it a lot today," Steven smugly presumed as he continued to aid his girlfriend's masturbation. "And that's okay… I'll know you mean it every time you say it, Peri."

"Rrggghh, your stupid Earth language can't even begin to accurately portray the i-intensity of my love f-for you!" Peridot couldn't even keep her composure with her irritation or anger; she was really feeling something wonderful swell inside her lower abdomen this time around. Something that would surely send her on a very blissful trip once it burst.

It wasn't just Steven actively participating that made this so much better for Peridot, either.

His soothing, supportive words… his voice… seeing the sparkle of light in his dark eyes as they gazed up at the gem so lovingly… it was overwhelming. And trying to verbally illustrate the perfect portrayal of her love for the young human - while still very much impossible for Peridot - just added more fuel to her burning arousal.

She cried out as her hips jerked forward; her body trying to impale itself over her fingers and press harder against the pressure over her most sensitive spot. Peridot was back where she was before she got derailed.

"St-Steven, please tell me we can do the real thing whenever we want when we're old enough!" Peridot wailed. "I- I'm actually the perfect partner to fully fornicate with on a regular basis, if you think about it!"

Talking herself up definitely helped to build up to her climax; not surprising, considering how disturbingly fast Peridot's self-deprecation did the opposite.

Steven was intrigued by Peridot's words and more than happy to encourage her to stay the course. "H-heh, perfect partner, huh? What brought that on?"

"O-oh! It's a 100% undeniable fact; I'm not even exaggerating this time!" Peridot loudly declared in sheer rapture. "W-with the power I have, I'll not only be able to will our peak sensual euphoria to be drawn out however long we want, but there's absolutely no risk in mating with me! I can just will my body to be incapable of reproducing until we actually desire offspring, Steven! Th-then we can make a-as many of those th-things as we w-want, a-and-!"

A shrill screech cut in place of whatever else Peridot was going to say. Steven swore he felt the gem's pussy rumble as her entire body tensed up for a brief moment; walls tightly trapping her fingers inside as a mighty orgasm rushed out in fierce streams around them.

Steven could only stare in awe as he let Peridot ride out those orgasmic waves. Her cries were short-lived, but not her "output", as she would call it. Admittedly, Steven had never seen his girlfriend climax this fiercely, but being clothed the whole time with the touches only now getting this intense made sense. It didn't surprise him at all that Peridot would have extreme peaks like this - she came hard and often, resulting in her entire outfit from her lower abdomen down getting drenched by her own juices.

She also very easily soaked through every single layer of bed sheets, straight into the mattress. The pair were sitting on the edge of the bed through all this; consequently, Steven was entranced with the trails of nectar that spilled gratuitously over the floor.

More than anything, Steven was surprised anyone could ejaculate this much. But if it had to only be one who could do it to this degree, it was perfectly fitting for Steven's stubborn, ambitious, egotistical girlfriend to be that individual.

Steven wasn't keeping track of the time… then again, he was still extremely sleepy. He was only awake now because Peridot's imperiled cries were too much to ignore. But it certainly felt like the orgasm went on far longer than it ever had.

"That is not a mess I wanna see Pearl find out about," Steven muttered.

"Mmmnyeh…?"

"Oh, you're still awake," Steven acknowledged with a yawn. "Peri, if this is the norm for you, it might be time to consider waterproofing some things…"

Peridot looked a bit annoyed by this remark. "What are you even- GYAH!"

She was so blissed out by her own orgasm, Peridot had no idea just how much of a mess she made. Once she saw it, she was terrified; the gem could hardly believe she was capable of this.

"Y'know, it's a good thing you helped me get my pajama bottoms off," Steven said with a laugh. "Those would've gotten drenched fast."

"St-Steven, I have to… oh my stars… I…" Peridot held out her hand; her entire body trembled as she was clearly trying to will the mess to evaporate, but nothing happened. "I feel faint… why…?"

Steven looked to his girlfriend skeptically. "You're asking that after this much came out of you? Plus you were really stressed out before this… you were really underselling how much you needed some relief, Peridot. Since you've already got the door impenetrable, how about we both get some rest together?"

"B-but my work," Peridot weakly protested. She didn't even have the energy to look back to her desk. "I gotta…"

"It's your birthday, you dork," Steven chuckled at his girlfriend. "This is your day; you don't have to do anything. Besides, you're so worn out, your power's not even working right. Nothing we can do about that except rest up. Good thing we were close to the edge of the bed; we can just sleep on the other side."

Finally, Peridot smiled to Steven and conceded defeat. "I'd… I'd really like that. Mm, but I'd better phase out of this, or I'll just spread the mess…"

"Good thing you can do that now," Steven happily noted as he carefully adjusted Peridot in his arms before hopping off the bed to carry her to the other side. "Don't worry; I'll keep my eyes closed. Gotta wait for tonight when I give you the secret present… you gave me one heck of a preview, though."

As promised, Steven closed his eyes once he and Peridot were by the other side of the bed. Peridot quickly phased out of almost her entire outfit, save for the only article that wasn't a victim of her gushing orgasm: her dark green sleeveless top with the proud star in the center, just like Steven's shirt. With what remained of her energy, she gave Steven a quick peck on the lips before scrambling underneath the sheets.

When Steven opened his eyes, he saw Peridot gaze lovingly back at him. He followed her example and cuddled by his girlfriend in the comfort of her rarely-used bed.

"Well, we should both be nice and relaxed before they'll expect us out of our rooms," Steven told her. "Glad we could help each other out… m'sure I'll say this a lot today, but happy birthday, Peridot."

Peridot smiled and nuzzled against her beloved before looking up briefly to check something.

"It's only about 1:30," she playfully scolded him. "You're still an hour and a half too early to say that, you clod."

Steven only smiled knowingly back at Peridot… and within the next moment, both had drifted off to sleep.

But the day had only just begun.